Word: cementing
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Fiore and Madigan each got their second of the day to cement...
...Parents (Firefly Books), says 15% to 20% of teens--especially younger teens--will have diagnosable depression at some time during their adolescence, often triggered by romantic involvements or breakups. "I advise kids not to jump into romances too early, because young adolescence is a time for girls to cement their friendships, and strong friendships--and a strong sense of self--help kids through the tough times," she told me. "Unfortunately, some parents are overly invested in their daughters' love lives before they're ready. They think if she has a 'boyfriend,' that means she's popular." Kaufman suggests that parents...
...Long-term winner A sure hand on the tiller from the get-go, Powell choreographed a diplomatic solution in which the U.S. realized its objectives while conceding little of substance. He proved that determined diplomacy could work where tough talk and posturing was bound to fail, and that will cement his claims as the Great Helmsman of Bush administration foreign policy, which had recently been under fire from Washington's hawks...
...Ramallah earlier in the week. But the violent chain of events of the past week may have generated a momentum of its own, leaving any cease-fire vulnerable. After everything that has transpired over the past six months, it's unlikely that these two sides right now could cement a truce capable of surviving a brace of suicide bombings - and the suicide bombers would not be party to any truce...
...This is an important tactical victory for the government, but the rebels have been repelled rather than destroyed. They have retreated, either into the mountains or back into Kosovo. The real challenge is now political - whether the government can cement its military gains by making new efforts to address the grievances of Macedonia's Albanian population. What is at stake now is the very survival of a multi-ethnic Macedonia, and the crisis is not yet over, even though there may be a brief respite. If the government is unable to address the political grievances that the rebels have exploited...